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17-letter words containing r, m, e, t

  • curie-temperature — the temperature beyond that at which a ferromagnetic substance exhibits paramagnetism.
  • customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
  • customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • deconstructionism — The belief in, or application of, deconstruction.
  • decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
  • decriminalization — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
  • deduction theorem — the property of many formal systems that the conditional derived from a valid argument by taking the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent is true
  • defamiliarisation — (arts) The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
  • defamiliarization — Art, Literature. a theory and technique, originating in the early 20th century, in which an artistic or literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
  • degenerate matter — the highly compressed state of matter, esp in white dwarfs and neutron stars, supported against gravitational collapse by quantum mechanical effects
  • dematerialisation — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • dematerialization — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • democritus junior — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • demonstrativeness — The state or quality of being demonstrative.
  • dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
  • denominate number — a number associated with a unit of measurement.
  • departmentalizing — Present participle of departmentalize.
  • descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • deterministically — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
  • dextroamphetamine — a dextrorotatory amphetamine, used to suppress appetite
  • diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
  • diethyltryptamine — a synthetic derivative of tryptamine with hallucinogenic and psychotogenic effects. Abbreviation: DET.
  • dieu et mon droit — God and my right: motto of the Royal Arms of Great Britain
  • dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
  • dimethylformamide — a colourless liquid widely used as a solvent and sometimes as a catalyst. Formula: (CH3)2NCHO
  • dimethylhydrazine — a flammable, highly toxic, and colorless liquid, C 2 H 8 N 2 , used as a component in jet and rocket fuels.
  • dining room suite — a set of furniture used in a dining room
  • director of music — a person in charge of musical training and performance at an institution such as a college, especially the head bandmaster of a military band
  • disintermediation — the act of removing funds from savings banks and placing them into short-term investments on which the interest-rate yields are higher.
  • document examiner — (hypertext, tool)   A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
  • dog in the manger — a person who selfishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want so that others may not use or enjoy it.
  • domestic commerce — an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
  • doorstep salesman — a door-to-door salesman
  • dramatis personae — (used with a plural verb) the characters in a play.
  • drink-drive limit — the maximum blood alcohol level permitted for someone driving a vehicle
  • edward the martyr — Saint. ?963–978 ad, king of England (975–78), son of Edgar: murdered. Feast day: March 18
  • electricity meter — a device which measures how much electricity has been used in a property
  • electrocardiogram — A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
  • electrochemically — In an electrochemical manner.
  • electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
  • electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • embroidery thread — a thread used for embroidery
  • emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
  • emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
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